2 Chronicles 35:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ Since the days of the prophet Samuel, the Passover had never been celebrated like this. None of the former kings had ever celebrated a Passover like this one celebrated by King Josiah, the priests, the Levites, and the people of Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem ¹⁹ in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.

The End of Josiah's Reign^(A)

²⁰ After King Josiah had done all this for the Temple, King Neco of Egypt led an army to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah tried to stop him,